Hi, I have experienced something worse. I am in the United States.
I was informed by a head hunter that a telephone interview was scheduled. I should wait at the phone and pick up the phone at the first ring when the recruiting manager called me up. I waited and waited; but, my telephone did not ring at all. Half an hour later, I talked to the head hunter and he later on found out that the recruiting manager had a meeting and totally forgot about the telephone interview.
Another telephone interview was scheduled the next day. The story repeated - my telephone did not ring at all. Half an hour later, I picked up my telephone to tell the head hunter what went on. The head hunter later on said that the recuring manager called me up about 15 minutes late (could not be!!! My telephone did not ring 15 minutes after the scheduled time!!) and my phone was busy - I was on the phone talking to the head hunter 30 minutes after the scheduled time!!!
The head hunter told me that I should call the recruiting manager and apologize (
:roll: ). I did. It was a long distance call and I used telephone
cards to make long distance calls. I politely explained that there was about 30 minutes left on my telephone card and if he (the recruiting manager) could call me if the conversation would take longer. He said 30 minutes would be fine and did not want to call me back. Nevertheless, time ran out on my phone card in the middle of the telephone interview
.
I think that I am fortunate. It would be misrable to work under that kind of manager. The company is in Pennsylvania. The name of the recruiting manager is Joe Wood.